12.916, Books: Dictionaries
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Subject: 12.916, Books: Dictionaries
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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 17:14:08 +0200
From: "Martina Ziegler" <ziegler at birkhauser.ch>
Subject: Dictionaries: Dictionary of Human Biology, Dictionary of Biochemistry
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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 17:14:08 +0200
From: "Martina Ziegler" <ziegler at birkhauser.ch>
Subject: Dictionaries: Dictionary of Human Biology, Dictionary of Biochemistry
1) Linguistic Field: Dictionaries, Human Biolology, Cellbiology, Medicine
Reuter, P., Reuter medical, Inc., Florida, USA
Wörterbuch der Humanbiologie / Dictionary of Human Biology
English - German; Deutsch - Englisch
2000. 992 pages. Hardcover
sFr. 168.-
ISBN 3-7643-6198-0
The "Birkhäuser Dictionary of Human Biology" is one of the most
comprehensive German-English/English-German dictionaries on the
international market. More than 60.000 entries and subentries with
some 150.000 translations and an extent appendix with abbreviations,
terminologia anatomica and important figures provide users with an
excellent coverage of medical, biological and related bioscientific
areas. The dictionary excels through a harmonios synthesis of
biomedical and general bilingual dictionaries, making it the ideal
choice for users from both scientific and linguistic
fields.Furthermore the "Birkhäuser Dictionary of Human Biology" is
marked by a first class linguistic and lexicographic treatment and
offers additional features, such as syllabification and
pronounciation, that help in achieving a very high user friendliness
and user satisfaction. Since 1989 the authors have built up the most
comprehensive medical and scientific bilingual database. Peter and
Christine Reuter, a physician and a translator by profession, lived
and worked in the United Kingdom for ten years, before moving to
Florida, USA. They have already published more than a dozen
dictionaries and CD-ROMs. Reviews of these dictionaries in German and
international journals have been outstanding ("Reuter/Reuter volumes
will prove indispensible for medical translators ..." Per N. Dohler,
American Translators Association, Chronicle) and it is certain that
the new "Birkhäuser Dictionary of Human Biology" will be the standard
for all bilingual biomedical dictionaries.
Please order through your bookseller or through:
Birkhäuser Verlag AG
P.O. Box 133
CH-4010 Basel
Switzerland
Tel: +41 61 2050 707
Fax: +41 61 2050 792
E-mail: orders at birkhauser.ch
http://www.birkhauser.ch
For orders originating in the USA and Canada:
Birkhäuser Boston, Inc.
333 Meadowlands Parkway
Secaucus, NJ 07094-2491 / USA
Tel: +1 800 777 4643
Fax: +1 201 348 4505
E-mail: orders at birkhauser.com
http://www.birkhauser.com
2) Linguistic Field: Dictionaries, Biochemstry, Molecularbiology, Cellbiology
Taschenwörterbuch der Biochemie
Pocket Dictionary of Biochemistry
Reuter, P., Reuter medical, Inc., Florida, USA
English - German; Deutsch - Englisch
2000. 536 pages. Softcover
sFr. 58.-
ISBN 3-7643-6197-2
Birkhäuser's Pocket Dictionary of Biochemistry is the most
comprehensive English-German/German-English dictionary on the
international market. More than 30.000 entries and subentries with
some 50.000 translations and an extent appendix with abbreviations
provide users with an unrivaled coverage of biochemistry and related
bioscientific areas. The dictionary excels through a harmonious
synthesis of biochemical and general bilingual dictionaries, making it
the ideal choice for users from both scientific and linguistic
fields. Unlike other, more basic technical dictionaries, Birkhäuser's
Pocket Dictionary of Biochemistry is marked by a first class
linguistic and lexicographic treatment achieving a very high user
friendliness and user satisfaction. In the English-German part British
terms have been included in addition to American terms, thus making it
possible to find entries from either language.
Since 1989 the author has built up the most comprehensive medical and
scientific bilingual database. Peter Reuter, a physician by
profession, lived and worked in the United Kingdom for ten years,
before moving to Florida, USA. He has already published more than a
dozen dictionaries and CD-ROMs. Reviews of these dictionaries in
German and international journals have been outstanding ("Reuter
volumes will prove indispensible for medical translators ..." Per N.
Dohler, American Translators Association, Chronicle) and it is certain
that the new Pocket Dictionary of Biochemistry by Birkhäuser will be
the standard for all bilingual biochemical dictionaries.
Features and benefits:
- The author Peter Reuter stands for highest quality and a new
standard in the field of dictionaries (authors of Thieme's Leximed series)
- More than 30.000 entries and subentries with more than 50.000 translations
- Extent appendix with abbreviations
- First class linguisitc and lexicographic and additional features,
such as syllabification and pronounciation
- In the English-German part British terms have been included in
addition to American terms, thus making it possible to find entries
from either language.
Please order through your bookseller or through:
Birkhäuser Verlag AG
P.O. Box 133
CH-4010 Basel
Switzerland
Tel: +41 61 2050 707
Fax: +41 61 2050 792
E-mail: orders at birkhauser.ch
http://www.birkhauser.ch
For orders originating in the USA and Canada:
Birkhäuser Boston, Inc.
333 Meadowlands Parkway
Secaucus, NJ 07094-2491 / USA
Tel: +1 800 777 4643
Fax: +1 201 348 4505
E-mail: orders at birkhauser.com
http://www.birkhauser.com
Biomedicine / Medicine
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